The influence of media on society is unquestioned. Its reach penetrates nearly every corner of the world and every aspect of life. But it has also been a contested realm, embodying class politics and the interests of monopoly capital. In The Political Economy of Media, one of the foremost media critics of our time, Robert W. McChesney, provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic and political powers that are being mobilized to consolidate private control of media with increasing profit all at the expense of democracy.
In this elegant and lucid collection, McChesney...
The influence of media on society is unquestioned. Its reach penetrates nearly every corner of the world and every aspect of life. But it has also ...
The Sirāj al-tawārīkh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national history by the Afghan prince, later amir, Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). The author, Fayz Muhammad Khan, better known as "Katib" (The Writer), was a scribe at the royal court. For more than twenty years, he had full access to government archives and oral sources and thus presents an unparalleled picture of the country from its founding in 1747 until the end of the nineteenth century. The roots of much of the fabric of Afghanistan's society...
The Sirāj al-tawārīkh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national his...
In this engaging collection scholars from across disciplines and across the world examine the contradictory nature of the media, revealing it to be democracy's greatest asset and its greatest threat. This volume explores a range of issues related to the topic of mass communication's impact on our increasingly globalized world--from the nature of communication, to the role of the media industry, to the way that new digital platforms have facilitated social movements in many countries. By adopting an approach that both revisits the works of Karl Marx and other early theorists of...
In this engaging collection scholars from across disciplines and across the world examine the contradictory nature of the media, revealing it to be de...
The aim of this collection of essays on legal positivism is to complete the already easily available English material on this subject. This is not a collection of writings by legal positivists, but about legal positivism.
The aim of this collection of essays on legal positivism is to complete the already easily available English material on this subject. This is not ...
Ruthless Criticism was first published in 1993. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Ruthless Criticism offers perspectives and subjects largely outside traditional historiography. It broadens the concept of media history to include lesser-studied media, and offers alternative interpretations of traditional media.
This anthology of original research includes an array of scholarly and theoretical perspectives....
Ruthless Criticism was first published in 1993. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again...
Volume Four of The History of Afghanistan is published as a five-volume set and completes the previously published six-volume set. The Sirāj al-tawārīkh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national history by Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). Volume Four of this monumental work includes the conclusion to the original volume three and the complete volume four. These volumes were written in final form in the mid-1920s. Unlike the earlier three volumes, they were subject to no official...
Volume Four of The History of Afghanistan is published as a five-volume set and completes the previously published six-volume set. The S...
The Sirāj al-tawārīkh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national history by the Afghan prince, later amir, Habib Allah Khan (reigned 1901-1919). The author, Fayz Muhammad Khan, better known as "Katib" (The Writer), was a scribe at the royal court. For more than twenty years, he had full access to government archives and oral sources and thus presents an unparalleled picture of the country from its founding in 1747 until the end of the nineteenth century. The roots of much of the fabric of Afghanistan's society...
The Sirāj al-tawārīkh is the most important history of Afghanistan ever written. It was commissioned as an official national his...
Through years of neglect, deliberate modernization, and the effect of decades of war, Kabul's architectural history has virtually disappeared. By meticulous use of all available records including written works, photographs, films, and oral reminiscences, Kabul: A History 1773-1948 provides a remarkably complete and unsurpassed account of the city's history as seen through its built environment, from the pleasure gardens of the 16th and 17th century Mughals to the efforts of the Saduza'i and Muhammadza'i rulers of the 18th-20th centuries to turn this one-time resort town into a thriving...
Through years of neglect, deliberate modernization, and the effect of decades of war, Kabul's architectural history has virtually disappeared. By meti...
